Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.

The two chief things are faith and love. Faith receives the good; love gives the good. Faith offers us God as our own; love gives us to our neighbor as his own.

I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.

At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.

You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposition and evil inclinations in the flesh. For when you have faith, there will be a hundred more evil thoughts and a hundred more temptations than before.

There is no gown or garment that worse becomes a woman than when she will be wise.

Animals are footprints of God.